"Double awareness" in psychotherapy for patients living with advanced cancer

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 125-140

  Colosimo, Ken ^a   Nissim, Rinat ^b,c   Pos, Alberta E ^a   Hales, Sarah ^b,c   Zimmermann, Camilla ^b,c   Rodin, Gary ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Death anxiety; Double awareness; Task analysis; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMORALIZATION; DENIAL; DYING; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEAR; FRIEND; GRIEF; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 85013803449     PISSN: 10530479     EISSN: 15733696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/int0000078     Document Type: Article

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